Apparatus and method for charging a lubricant into a marine engine outdrive
CA 2065875 C · Owner: Epicor Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Levine, Paul A.
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An apparatus that facilitates the filling of a marine engine lower unit reservoir (20) with gear lube. A squeezable container (26) having a truncated spout (53) with a threaded base (54) is engaged to a fitting member (28) engaged to a first end of an elongate flexible tube that carries a clamp member (34) operable to selectively open and close the tube to fluid flow. The opposite end of the tube is another fitting (32) engaged; to either a drain (35) or vent opening (22) in a lower unit. The lower unit is filled by elevating and inverting the squeezable gear lube container when the clamp is open and the proper fitting is engaged with the drain opening. It also has utility in connection …
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- Filed September 11, 1990 and granted August 18, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 11, 2010.
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